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Name: William Michael Wogan
Rank/Branch: E4/US Army
Unit: Company D, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division
Date of Birth: 15 october 1947 (Brooklyn NY)
Home City of Record: Glen Oaks NY
Date of Loss: 16 February 1969
Country of Loss: South Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 163140N 1071442E (YD395292)
Status (in 1973): Missing in Action
Category: 4
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: Ground
Refno: 1387
Source: Compiled from one or more of the following:
raw data from U.S. Government agency sources,
correspondence with POW/MIA families,
published sources, interviews. Updated by the P.O.W. NETWORK in 1998.
Other Personnel in Incident: (none missing)
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William M. Wogan was a rifleman assigned to Company D,
rmst Battalion, 506th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division.
On February 16, 1969, his unit was operating in Thua Thien Province
about 15 miles south southeast of the city of Quang Tri.
The unit had secured a small landing zone to evacuate wounded personnel.
After loading casualties into a helicopter at the landing zone,
Wogan, who had been helping, stepped away
from the helicopter as it prepared to lift off.
Some 30 seconds later, a ground explosion occurred,
killing and wounding an unspecified number of people.
It was later determined that the explosion was probably
caused by a 250 pound bomb.
The explosion reportedly occurred where Wogan was standing.
A search of the area located Wogan's ruck sack
and other personal items, but searchers found no
trace of Wogan. The area was later searched again,
and pieces of a uniform were found, but no remains
that could be identified as those of William M. Wogan
were ever found.
Even though it was thought that Wogan was standing at the
location of the explosion, it was not certain,
so he was not immediately declared dead.
There was still the chance that he had survived.
Wogan was classified Missing in Action.
Since the war ended, nearly 10,000 reports making up "several million"
documents have been received by the U.S. Government
related to Americans missing, prisoner and unaccounted for
from the Vietnam War. Many authorities who have seen much
of this information are convinced that hundreds of
Americans remain alive today, held in captivity.
Whether Wogan survived to be captured is unknown
What is certain, however, is that as long as even one man remains alive,
we owe him our best efforts to bring him home.
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These awards will remain on this page
until this American Hero is brought Home.
